GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs GeForce GT 520 PCI
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9400 GT PCI |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 PCI |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 520 PCI
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT PCI | | GeForce GT 520 PCI | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G96C () | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 121 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 314 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT PCI | | GeForce GT 520 PCI | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9400 GT PCI | | GeForce GT 520 PCI | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Aug 2008 | vs | 13 Apr 2011 |
GeForce 9400 GT PCI
2.20 GP/s
GeForce GT 520 PCI
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT PCI
4.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 520 PCI
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT PCI
12.80 GB/s
GeForce GT 520 PCI
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT PCI
44.80 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 520 PCI
155.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better